"Rhodesians Never Die" The Impact of War and Political Change on White Rhodesia, C. 1970-1980

ISBN-10: 0198203659

ISBN-13: 9780198203650

Edition: 1993

Authors: Peter Godwin, Ian Hancock

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This book tells the story of how White Rhodesians, three-quarters of whom were ill-prepared for revolutionary change, reacted to the "terrorist" war and the onset of black rule in the 1970s. It shows how internal divisions--both old and new--undermined the supposed unity of White Rhodesia, how most Rhodesians begrudgingly accepted the inevitability of black majority rule without adjusting to its implications, and how the self-appointed defenders of Western civilization sometimes adopted uncivilized methods of protecting the "Rhodesian way of life." This is a lively and accessible account, based on careful archival research and numerous personal interviews. It sets out to tell the story from…

Book details

List price: $180.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/27/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.45" long x 1.17" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



List of Maps


List of Tables


List of Abbreviations


Glossary


Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Place Names


Exchange Rates


Introduction



'We're all Rhodesians'



'The even progression of life'



'Only a pinprick in our sides'



'This void in our national life'



'It is perhaps the end of the beginning'



'Everything to fight for'



'Let this be a Rhodesian solution'



'In a hell of a turmoil'



'Fourteen great years'


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index